Prison guard testimony links Courson to death cover up
Bob Blake former Sunbeam prison camp trusted report says George Courson helped fix a story about Arthur Maillefert death by own action. Blake testified Courson beat Maillefert with a rubber hose and sought witnesses to back the defense. Jury adjourned for continuation.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Bob Blake
Trusty
Sunbeam
George Courson
Arthur Maillefert
Blake
Courson
Maillefert
Snyder
George C. Gibbs
Jack
Cruelest Killer Guarded in Death by Chicago Police
Chicago police guarded the coffin of Frank Mc Erlane, known as the cruelest killer, as his body traveled from Beardstown after his death from pneumonia. The wake was under surveillance and funeral details kept secret while police planned to arrest those who attended for possible payback or links to his feared crimes.
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Chicago
Frank McErlane
Beardstown
McErlane
William Shoemaker
Underworld
Living at home inspires quaint town rambles
A Monroe resident now near Riverton runs a 60 acre farm with his wife, supplying most needs and even making soap. He boasts raising enough tobacco for three years. A humorous note on local economy, chores, and a Canadian alderman’s zany proposal, plus a town tale about a maid’s son earning a dollar a week to dust cars.
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Bob McEnery
Monroe
Riverton
Bob
Expedition Organized To Halt Moros Uprising In Jolo
In JOLO the Philippine constabulary launches a punitive expedition after two clashes with Moros leaving 12 militiamen dead, three missing, and many wounded. Lieutenant Vincinto Alagar is among the slain as Captain Leon Angeles leads a relief party, and Lt. Col. Luther Stevens rushes reinforcements to Mindanao Sulu.
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Jolo
Philippine Constabulary
Constabulary
Philippine
Vincinto Alagar
Luther R. Stevens
Mindanao- Sulu
Zamboanga
Kalakulay
Jolo Island
Alagar
Iman Ibbah
Insular
Leon Angeles
Dakness
Sixth of Solons in U S Congress Are Out of Race
A sixth of current members have been eliminated from November contests due to primaries retirements and reapportionment. The shift totals 87 seats across both chambers amid heated nomination debates in several states including Mississippi redistricting disputes. Continued on page two.
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U. S. Congress
Washington
Congress
House
Mississippi
South Trimble
Louisiana Cotton Grading Tops National Averages
More than 92 percent of Louisiana cotton ginned this year graded white middling or better, higher than the national figure of about 88 percent. Louisiana also led in white strict middling or better and in cottons longer than one inch, with 48.5 percent versus 35.1 percent nationally. data drawn from gins statewide for September 26 to October 1.
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Louisiana
United States
E. R. Strahan
Prehistoric Bone Deposit Found by LSU Geologists
LSU geologists jubilant over discovery of a large Bayou Manchac bone deposit led to by a 12 year old boy who found mastodon teeth. Excavations by Dr. H V Howe and team expect to continue for months or years with owner cooperation to avoid trespass and damage.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Bayou Manchac
H. V. Howe
University Geology
Roosevelt plans Dixie campaign tour and Midwest stops
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt finalizes a eight day campaign swing through the South and Midwest, with a route from Oct 18 to 25 including Baltimore Raleigh Atlanta Birmingham Nashville Louisville St Louis and Buffalo. He will meet James A. Farley in Albany and may visit Rhode Island before election. Senator Huey P. Long warned he is needed elsewhere.
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N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dixie
Albany
James A. Farley
Middle West
Pennsylvania
New York
Rhode Island
New York City
Baltimore
Raleigh
N. C
Atlanta
Warm Springs
Birmingham
Nashville
Louisville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Springfield
Indianapolis
Wheeling
Westoa
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Rochester
Boston
Groton
Mass
Roosevelt
Groton School
John
Franklin, Jr
Mr. Roosevelt
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Long
Sterling bitter about Ferguson court triumph
Dallas, Oct. 10. Governor Sterling refuses to back Miriam Ferguson for governor as Texas Democratic intra party strife resurfaces after the Texas Supreme Court denies his appeal on fraud charges in Ferguson’s nomination. His loss to Ferguson in August runoff was about 4 000 votes amid claims of nearly 50 000 illegal ballots.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
R. S. Sterling
Miriam A
Ma) Ferguson
District Court
Snow Covers Several Midwestern States Amid Record Cold
Snow fell across Montana Wyoming Colorado Wisconsin and Minnesota with near freezing temperatures and a new record low in Montana. Lincoln Nebraska reported a light early snow melt as air travel faced minor disruptions between Cheyenne and Laramie. Transportation and communications largely remained intact despite the weather.
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Associated Press
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Lincoln
Neb
Cheyenne
Laramie
Helena
State pardon board opens fall sitting with record docket
New Orleans October 10. The state pardon board opened its fall sitting with 237 pleas for clemency before it, the heaviest docket in its history. The board will sit a full week instead of three days, with state cases heard first and New Orleans petitions closing the session.
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New Orleans
State Pardon Board
Red Cross Roll Call Plans Formulated by Five Parishes
Seven parishes in Louisiana's fifth district met at Hotel Frances Cherokee Terrace to discuss Red Cross roll call needs. Everett Dix outlined the national program for Ac willies while Toussoune Lit led Louisiana Red Cross efforts with chapter leaders from Ouachita Lincoln Union Morehouse Franklin and Caldwell. The group pledged to meet its quota and Franklin parish said it would begin roll call Wednesday and aim to be first in the nation to complete its quota.
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Red Cross
Fifth Congressional District
Cherokee Terrace
Hotel Frances
Everett Dix
National Organization For the Ac Willies
Touss Oune Lit
Louisiana
Ouachita
Lincoln
Union
Morehouse
Franklin
Caldwell
Barton Payne
Washington
Wrnter
Robinson
Franklin Parish
United States
Man Gravely Burned Lighting Gas Stove Fire
John W. Atkins a 60 year old worker for the Fifth Ward Athletic Club was gravely burned today when a gasoline stove he was lighting exploded. Flames covered him as onlookers watched. Philip Paterno and others smothered the flames and Atkins was rushed to a hospital with little hope for recovery.
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New Orleans
John W. Atkins
Fifth Ward Athletic Club
Dumaine Street
Philip Paterno
Atkins
Scottsboro Case Nears Hearing in U S Tribunal
Capitol police cleared the plaza and deployed extra guards as the Scottsboro death-penalty appeals of seven African American defendants face possible oral argument before the Supreme Court. Officials feared communist demonstrations. none materialized despite widespread leaflets and postal cards urging release.
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Washington
Scottsboro
Supreme Court
Capitol
Ala
Repeal of Hood Act May Go To Ballot In Louisiana
Dr W Y Millican filed suit to block the November 8 vote on repealing the Hood prohibition act. A judge issued a temporary injunction delaying Secretary of State Conway from implementing the Dugas referendum act. Ballots printed included the Hood repeal question and other constitutional amendments as the clock runs to Oct 15.
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Baton Rouge
W. Y. Millican
George K. Farrot
East Baton Rouge District Court
E. A. Conway
Waldo H. Dugas
Lafayette
Dugas
Conway
Cheaper Freight Rates On Cotton Order Issued
In Farmerville Louisiana Harvey G Fields and Dudley J LeBlanc signed an order granting reduced freight rates for cotton from North Louisiana to New Orleans and Lake Charles. The 25 cent per bale cuts aim to boost competitiveness against trucks and will raise compressed bale loading capacity saving about 50000 dollars. The hearing on the application was held recently at Lafayette.
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Farmerville
North Louisiana
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Harvey G. Fields
Public Service
Fields
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Louisiana
Lafayette
Unfilled Orders of Steel Show September Increase
United States Steel Corporation recorded a September backlog rise of 15 495 tons to 1 958 090 tons on September 30 with October tonnage up 3 293 tons. Early estimates forecast 50 000 to 100 000 tons but later reports expected a smaller gain. Backlog trends over ten years show September declines more often than advances.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Wall Street
Slayer of Unsound Mind Verdict Links Death to Cousmans
Parish coroner Dr. C L Mengis ruled N D Mathis 48 died from gun shot wounds inflicted by A L Cousmans 71 while at Cousmans houseboat on the Ouachita River. Witnesses said Cousmans suffered hallucinations and feared attack, had kept a loaded buckshot shotgun cocked at his homeboat.
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N. D. Mathis
A. L. Cousmans
C. L. Mengis
Parish
Cousmans
Ouachita River
1932 Cotton Crop Will Be Smallest In Years
The New York Cotton Exchange reports this season's world cotton crop will be around 22.7 million bales, the smallest in nine years, with a large carryover of 17.3 million bales and total supply about 39.0 million, below last season's 40.2 million.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange Service
Fugitive Insull Detained Over Papers In Athens
Samuel Insull former utilities magnate detained in Athens for allegedly ambiguous papers and possible extradition. Police say 48 hour hold maximum without U.S. authorization. passport seized as officials consider pending extradition ahead of a Chicago embezzlement case. Insull traveled from Paris to Italy and then Greece amid diplomatic requests.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Insull
Legation
Hotel Grand Bretagne
Paris
Washington
France
Italy
Samuel, Jr
Rome
German Aviators Abandon Repair Efforts In Indian Ocean
Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau and three crew members abandoned repair attempts on their globe circling plane after a broken water pump forced a landing 260 miles south of Rangoon. The Karagola steamship offered assistance, and the crew reported plans to proceed to Heanzay Bay, Burma if possible.
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Wolfgang von Gronau
Indian Ocean
Rangoon
von Gronaw
Gert von Roth
Fritz Albrecht
Franz Hack
Heanzay Bay
Burma
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